Old Money: The Long History of the Dollar
Brendan Greeley offers up the surprising origin story of our favorite currency.
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Investors Can’t Escape AI’s Clutches
Guest host Mary Childs explains why index funds are bending their rules and giving investors little choice but to opt into the AI boom.
It’s a Popular, Iconic, and Legendary TV Show. Why Is Its Network Trying to Kill It?
The people now running CBS seem really determined to undermine the best thing going.
A Wall Street Institution Just Did Something to Elon Musk That No One Else Will
The billionaire is going to hate this—and there’s nothing he can do about it.
America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.
The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.
Bill Gates’ day of reckoning on Epstein has arrived
Lawmakers will question the billionaire Microsoft founder and global health philanthropist about his ties to the late sex offender.
How sick is sick enough? New Medicaid work rule worries patient advocates, states.
Trump administration wants ill recipients to prove they can’t work every six months. Doctors, advocates and state officials wonder how.
How do you stop Ebola at the World Cup?
Public-health officials are trying to use a Covid-era playbook without pandemic-era funding.
RFK Jr.’s movement was supposed to save the GOP’s majorities. It’s not even in the game.
Make America Healthy Again groups have endorsed only one candidate in a competitive congressional race.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Canada’s prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected
“We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner,” Mark Carney said in a video address. “We can’t control the disruption coming from our neighbors.
The Kennedy Center Is a Metaphor for De-Trumpification
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No event at the Kennedy Center in recent months has drawn as much anticipation in Washington as the removal of President Trump’s name from the building’s facade.
Why 60 Minutes Should Take Critiques of Its Work Seriously
After Scott Pelley was fired from 60 Minutes, the longtime CBS News correspondent uttered a single sentence that captured both the greatest fears of the program’s fans and the core grievance of its detractors. Criticizing his new bosses—especially CBS editor in chief Bari Weiss—he said, “There’s a subtle political bias that I’ve never seen at 60 Minutes before, or at CBS News before.
A Flesh-Eating Pest Is Driving Up the Price of Beef. That’s Not the Only Reason to Be Worried.
Is the industry screwed?
The Work That Goes Into ‘Effortless’ Style
Twice a year, every January and June, certain corners of the internet populate with photographs of extravagantly dressed men on the streets of Florence. These are the peacocks of Pitti Uomo, a Tuscan menswear trade show, flashing their plumage: fabrics in textures found nowhere in nature, jacket lapels large enough to verge on parody, ties knotted so elaborately that they would dazzle a longshoreman.
Three Ways to Think About AI and Jobs
Sign up for Work in Progress, a newsletter where Rogé Karma investigates the mysteries of a complicated economy.
In 2016, the AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton declared that “people should stop training radiologists now” because “it’s just completely obvious that within five years, deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.” He was half right.
The Atlantic Festival Returns to New York City September 17–19; Initial Tickets on Sale
Today The Atlantic is opening the first set of tickets for its three-day flagship event, The Atlantic Festival, which will be back in New York City after moving to the city last year. The festival will take place from September 17 to 19: The first two days will be hosted across three stages at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, and on Saturday, The Atlantic will fan out across the city for a series of intimate events at a host of cultural venues as part of its Out and About programming.
Will Congress Renew Controversial Surveillance Law? Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Cindy Cohn
A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Friday unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals believed to be outside of the U.S., yet, in practice, it also sweeps up and stores vast amounts of data from people inside the country, including their emails, texts and cellphone data. The FISA provision was enacted in 2008 to legalize George W.
“Keep the Game Beautiful”: Why ICE Crackdown & FIFA Greed Could Spoil the World Cup
“People are really, really afraid … that ICE will go and raid communities where people are watching and gathering together” to watch the FIFA World Cup, says Nelini Stamp. She is an organizer with the Our Copa campaign, a grassroots initiative that aims to protect immigrant fans, center the sport’s working-class roots, and host accessible local watch parties during the World Cup. “We will keep each other safe as much as possible during these games,” says Stamp.
World Cup Kicks Off in Mexico Amid Protests Against Austerity and Forced Disappearances
We continue our World Cup coverage in Mexico City, where local protesters are using the global event to bring attention to their causes. A sit-in by a teachers’ union is targeting World Cup festivities. And “the mothers of disappeared people have been protesting, trying to reach the stadium in the far south of the city,” says José Luis Granados Ceja, who covers Latin America for Drop Site News.
“World Cup of Exclusion”: Games Begin Amid U.S. Visa Restrictions, High Ticket Costs & Iran War
The FIFA World Cup kicks off today with two games in Mexico. This will be the biggest World Cup in history, with teams from 48 countries playing over 100 games in 16 host cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States. With a new FIFA pricing system in place, tickets are significantly more expensive for this World Cup than for previous tournaments. And Trump’s harsh immigration policies are having another chilling effect on the games.
“They Have Never Faced an Adversary Like Iran”: Rami Khouri on Latest U.S.-Iran Strikes
The U.S. struck Iran on Wednesday for a second day in a row, and President Trump is threatening more strikes. Iran has claimed it launched retaliatory missiles at a U.S. Navy fleet in Bahrain, as well as at U.S. air bases in Kuwait and Jordan. Iran has also declared the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, despite claims by the U.S. that it now effectively controls the strait. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the U.S. strikes have rendered the ceasefire “practically meaningless.
Old Money: The Long History of the Dollar
Brendan Greeley offers up the surprising origin story of our favorite currency.
Investors Can’t Escape AI’s Clutches
Guest host Mary Childs explains why index funds are bending their rules and giving investors little choice but to opt into the AI boom.
It’s a Popular, Iconic, and Legendary TV Show. Why Is Its Network Trying to Kill It?
The people now running CBS seem really determined to undermine the best thing going.
A Wall Street Institution Just Did Something to Elon Musk That No One Else Will
The billionaire is going to hate this—and there’s nothing he can do about it.